Sligo in cross hairs as New York eye Connacht SFC shock

A one-point defeat by Roscommon brought a mix of pride and bitter disappointment to New York’s Gaelic football family last year, and it has whetted appetites for Sligo’s visit to Gaelic Park in Sunday’s Connacht SFC preliminary round tie.

New York came within a whisker of a massive shock when they faced the Rossies at this stage last year, though captain Gerard McCartan admits it still took time for the gloom of championship exit to lift.

“The initial feeling after any loss in the championship, you’re gutted. The more you thought about it as the weeks went on was it was so close but yet so far. At the end of the day, we were beaten by a point. It doesn’t matter if you’re beaten by 10 or 15, it doesn’t make much of a difference.”